Re: Re: [rfc] Use substitute-path for filename portion too

[Aleksandar Ristovski <aristovski@qnx.com>]

Joel Brobecker wrote:
>>> Do we want to restrict this to filenames that are absolute paths?
>>> Imagine the filename was codesourcery/bar/bar.h and the rewrite was
>>> s/codesourcery/adacore/, do we want to attempt the rewrite then?
>>> I suppose we should wait to see a real example of such a situation
>>> before trying to support it...
>> Are such rules supported?  I couldn't work out from the manual
>> what FROM and TO had to be.
> 
> Yes, the documentation is not completely clear on this. After re-reading
> it, I think it seems to suggest that rewriting is done on the full path,
> not partial path names. Thinking about supporting it or not, I couldn't
> really come up with an answer. It seems that it could be surprising
> either way - which is why waiting for real-case scenarios would probably
> make sense here (and apply the patch as you and Doug suggested).
> 
> 
Yes, the patch is good, and it should be on absolute paths only.